For Labor Day, I celebrate by doing some deep cleaning around the house. Today I'm shampooing the living/dining room carpet, washing the baseboards, and washing the windows in that area. I'm a party animal! Later some friends are coming over and we're deep-frying a turkey.

Labour day was yesterday, right? I'm at Tuesday morning, I think. Yesterday, I did a bit of cooking, a big load of laundry (I need to do another today - I'm behind because I was sick), a whole lot of proof reading, and I watched Fahim sweep the floors. Woohoo.

I think today I need to make cake. Finally. I've been saying that for days. It's time I just do it.

There's no better form of government than a dictatorship when you're the dictator.-Fahim Farook

I was singing one of the old Doublemint commercials yesterday while watching the Dodgers win yet again. There was one that said, "A double play in baseball goes 6-4 to 3," meaning shortstop to second base to first base. I didn't know that when the commercial was on, and I loved when I learned to keep official score for baseball games and figured out what it meant.

Still, seeing double does not sound fun at all. I hope you get some relief soon, Scott. Have you tried an eyepatch to block the double vision? And was it really a result of diabetes?

That is the only reason the doctors can come up with. As far as seeing double, it is really only a problem if both eyes are open, so I just use one at a time. I've tried patches, but they are less convenient than just closing an eye.

I also got a china cabinet on Monday! The friends who came over were actually coming so they could deliver it. They are moving and will be in a much smaller house. It's exactly what I wanted, a corner unit, small, in a semi-dark wood that I love. Clashes horribly with our dining room table, which is kind of a reddish wood, but we got it at least 15 years ago for $50, so it can go any time.

I guess the downside of that is that now instead of looking for a china cabinet, we'll be looking for a dining room set.